‘I feel happiness now’

Bullying, depression, anxiety, cutting, anorexia, suicidal thoughts: For the first 30 years of his life, Jason Henriksen didn’t know what it meant to be happy.

It all began in Grade 5, when Henriksen began having feelings for other boys in his Fernie, B.C. class. He was bullied for being gay – sometimes violently – and began experiencing mental health issues, developed an eating disorder, cut himself up to 50 times a day, and had thoughts of ending his life. Read more…